FAU's Van Camp continues hot play

State/C-USA/Sun Belt

Jeff Van Camp threw three touchdown passes and ran for another to lead Florida Atlantic over Western Kentucky 29-23 on Saturday. The loss extended Western Kentucky's losing streak to an NCAA-high 19 games. The Hilltoppers (0-11, 0-7) haven't won since Sept. 20, 2008, a 50-9 victory over Murray State. Lester Jean caught two touchdown passes for Florida Atlantic (4-7, 4-3 Sun Belt Conference). .

Conference USA

-East Carolina 25, Southern Miss 20: The defending league champion Pirates (8-4, 7-1) claimed home-field advantage for next week's title game against No. 25 Houston by beating the Golden Eagles (7-5, 6-2) in Greenville for the first time since 1994.

-No. 25 Houston 73, Rice 14: Case Keenum threw for 323 yards and two touchdowns and ran for another in the first half and the Cougars (10-2, 6-2) cruised past Rice (2-10, 2-6) to capture the Conference USA West division title.

-SMU 26, Tulane 21: With the victory over the Green Wave (3-9, 1-7), the Mustangs (7-5, 6-2) are guaranteed to earn one of Conference USA's six automatic bowl bids. SMU has not appeared in a bowl game since the 1984 Aloha Bowl.